SUKL Registers No Reports of Adverse Reactions to Sputnik V Vaccine So Far

Bratislava, June 15 (TASR) - The State Institute for Drug Supervision (SUKL) has registered no reports of suspected adverse reactions to the Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19 so far, TASR learnt from SUKL spokesperson Magdalena Jurkemikova on Tuesday. "The received reports will form part of weekly statistics," said Jurkemikova when asked whether or not SUKL plans to provide information on adverse reactions to this vaccine, as it does on a weekly basis in the case of registered vaccines from Pfizer/BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca. According to data published by the Health Analysis Institute (IZA) on the website cakaren.vercel.app/projekt, there are currently 5,411 in a waiting room for the Russian vaccine. People aged between 40-44 have indicated the highest demand for it, with 656 of them currently registered in a waiting room. Concerning individual regions, the highest number of applicants for this vaccine (1,036) are from Banska Bystrica region. A total of 1,289 people aged between 60-84 are in a waiting room for Sputnik V. The vaccine originally wasn't available for this age category, but was approved for it later. ko/df